CaseFireball2007

Chesapeake, VA, USA

WE WERE WAS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT, AT THE INTERESECTION OF DOMINION BLVD. AND MOSES GRANDY TRAIL..(FACING WEST) AND WE SAW A FIREBAL

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2007-01-24
Where
Chesapeake, VA, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
36.819, -76.275 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-chesapeake-va-2007-d33fd2
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

In context

  • Chesapeake, VA has 60 sightings on file here.
  • 2007 brought 71 reports from Virginia.
  • The 2000s skewed 5.5% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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